Dr. Pamental's College Experience

Brief Biography

After thirteen years in advertising in New York, during which time I obtained an MBA from New York University, I began my teaching career in 1976. I also began a doctoral program in the History & Philosophy of Education. I taught one year at Boston College, five years at Merrimac College in Andover, MA, four years at Susquehanna University in Selingsgrove, PA, and since 1985 I've been at Rhode Island College.

I finished my Ph.D. with a dissertation on the course in Business Ethics and the course in Business, Government & Society. It was published as a book in 1986. Prior to that time I had been taching courses in Marketing, but on receiving the doctorate I began to teach the BGS course and switched to Management, occasionnally helping out in the Marketing area when needed.

Four years later I won a fellowship to attend the Japan Studies Institute at San Diego University, a four-week intensive immersion in the history, culture, and economy of Japan. Since then, I have been studying the Japanese language (off and on, I must confess) and have continued to study Japanese business practices, culture and history. I visited Japan for six weeks in the Summer of 1993 and still correspond with several of the people I met while there. I also wrote a book about it, Daijoobu: Learning from the Japanese.It's been accepted for publication by University Press of America.

I now teach international business and management courses in the department, and courses on Japan in the General Education program.

Outside the college, I enjoy birding, music (I play folk guitar), gardening, eating (all cuisines), going to museums. and making things out of wood.(See my personal page.)

1986 - Present: Rhode Island College
Department of Management (formerly Department of Economics & Management)
Center for Management & Technology (Acting Chair, Summer 1989)

Courses Taught

Advertising / Comparative Business Ethics in Literature: Japan & the U.S. (Developed in a grant-supported workshop in writing across the curriculum. Taught as part of the College's General Education Program) / Business, Government & Society / Consumer Behavior / Foundations of Management / Global Marketing / International Business / Japanese Culture (part of the General Education Program) / Marketing Communications & Promotion / Principles of Marketing / Women in Japan (part of General Education Program)

Committees Served

Ad Hoc College Committee to develop a new major: International Programs / Ad Hoc College Committee to Evaluate General Education / College Committee on General Education / College Committee on Mission & Goals / College Committee on Self-Designed Majors / College Council / College Honors Committee / Department Ad Hoc Committee to Rewrite By-laws / Department Advisory Committee / Department Community Relations Committee / Department Curriculum Committee / Department Long Range Planning Committee (Chair, 1989-90) / Department Library Committee (Chair, 1992-95 / Department Management Area Committee / Department Marketing Area Committee

Conferences/Workshops Attended

• American Society for Competitiveness, October 1993 National Conference on U.S. Competitiveness in the Global Marketplace, Washington, D.C. (read paper)
• American Society for Competitiveness and the Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management 1992 National Conference on U.S. Competitiveness in the Global Marketplace, November 4-6, Phoenix, AZ. (read paper)
• Ninth National Conference on Business Ethics, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, 3/92 (read paper)
• Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs Faculty Development Conference (fellowship), Washington, DC, 6/91
  
• National Conference, Society for Business Ethics, San Francisco, 8/90 (Read Paper)
  
• National Conference, Academy of Management, Social Issues in Management Division, San Francisco, 8/90, (Session Chair)
  
• Eighth National Conference on Business Ethics, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, 10/89 (Session Chair)
  
• National Conference, Society for Business Ethics, Washington, DC, 8/89 (read paper)
  
• Workshop on Writing Across the Curriculum, Rhode Island College, Fall Semester 1988, Spring Semester 1989
  
• Seventh National Conference on Business Ethics, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, 10/87
  
• Workshop on Writing Across the Curriculum, Rhode Island College, Spring Semester (bi- weekly sessions) 1988

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1981-1986: Business Administration Department, Susquehanna University

Courses Taught

Principles of Marketing / Seminar in Marketing / Marketing Communications and Promotion / Consumer Behavior / New Product/Service Development (personally developed) / Service/Non-Profit Marketing (personally developed)

Committees Served

Curriculum Committee / Academic Standing Committee / Honors Program Committee / Presidential Fellows Committee

Conferences/Workshops Attended

• Workshop on Internationalizing the Curriculum, Susquehanna University, 1985 (Led by faculty from the Wharton School)
  
• Workshop on Telemarketing, Baltimore Chapter, American Marketing Association, Baltimore, MD, 1984
  
• Northeast Regional Conference, National Collegiate Honors Council, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1984
  
• Workshop on Writing Across the Curriculum, Susquehanna University, 1983
  
• Annual Conference, National Collegiate Honors Council, Philadelphia, PA, 1983
  
• Third Annual Services Marketing Conference, American Marketing Association, Philadelphia 1983
  
• Northeast Regional Conference, National Collegiate Honors Council, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 1983
  
• Second Annual Services Marketing Conference, American Marketing Association, West Palm Beach, FL, 1982
  
• Northeast Regional Conference, National Collegiate Honors Council, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1981
  

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1977-1981: Marketing Department, Merrimack College

Courses Taught

Principles of Marketing / Consumer Behavior / Marketing Communications & Promotion / Sales Management / Retailing / Principles of Management / New Product Development (personally developed)

Committees Served

Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate (Secretary) / Division Curriculum and Educational Policies Committee (chair) / Ad Hoc College Committee on Honorary Degrees / Ad Hoc College Committee on Faculty Evaluation (chair) / Librarian Search Committee / Marketing Department Curriculum Committee

Conferences/Workshops Attended

• Conference on New Industrial Product Development, Boston Chapter, American Marketing Association, Newton, MA, 1981
  
• Workshop on New Product Development, Boston Chapter, American Marketing Association, Boston, MA, 1980
  
• Third National Conference on Business Ethics, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, Waltham, MA 10/79
  
• Workshop on Faculty Evaluation and Development, New York University, 1979.
  
• Second Annual Conference on Business Ethics, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, Waltham, MA 10/78
  
• Conference on Marketing and the Law, Boston Chapter, American Marketing Association, Boston, MA, 1978
  
• First Annual Business Ethics Conference, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, 1977

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1976-1977: Marketing Department, Boston College, Lecturer

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